Partial oxidation of methane in a temperature-controlled dielectric barrier discharge reactor
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Zhang, XumingCha, Min Suk

KAUST Department
Clean Combustion Research CenterMechanical Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2015Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/566143
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We studied the relative importance of the reduced field intensity and the background reaction temperature in the partial oxidation of methane in a temperature-controlled dielectric barrier discharge reactor. We obtained important mechanistic insight from studying high-temperature and low-pressure conditions with similar reduced field intensities. In the tested range of background temperatures (297 < T < 773 K), we found that the conversion of methane and oxygen depended on both the electron-induced chemistry and the thermo-chemistry, whereas the chemical pathways to the products were overall controlled by the thermo-chemistry at a given temperature. We also found that the thermo-chemistry enhanced the plasma-assisted partial oxidation process. Our findings expand our understanding of the plasma-assisted partial oxidation process and may be helpful in the design of cost-effective plasma reformers. © 2014 The Combustion Institute.Citation
Zhang, X., & Cha, M. S. (2015). Partial oxidation of methane in a temperature-controlled dielectric barrier discharge reactor. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 35(3), 3447–3454. doi:10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.089Publisher
Elsevier BVae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.089